CPAs who work with small businesses offer tips for identifying predatory loans and steering clients away from them.
2020 CPA Insider newsletter articles
Attracting and keeping clients during COVID-19
CPAs offer advice on how to retain and attract clients during difficult times.
Use VLOOKUP to help manage your gradebook
VLOOKUP is a formula that allows you to “look up” certain data and retrieve it into another table, by row. This function can be especially useful when you have a well-structured table with information organized by rows (such as a gradebook)!
Get the most out of a guest speaker visit
Preparation can make the difference between a great experience and a mediocre one.
9 tips for teaching data analytics
Four professors offer insight and advice on this challenging subject.
What CPAs have learned during COVID-19
Nine CPAs discuss the difficulties and silver linings they encountered in 2020 and the lessons they learned along the way.
4 technology gift ideas for CPAs
This article discusses some gadgets and gizmos that might make a CPA’s life a little bit better — or at least more fun.
3 tips for building remote-work policies that last
This article discusses ways firm owners and leaders can start to develop a strategy for a work-from-anywhere reality that lasts.
How to help clients dealing with a loved one’s addiction
CPAs can help families navigate the financial side of substance abuse.
Bring the remote work trend into your accounting classroom
Use this trend as a springboard into discussing the impact of technology on accounting.
Accounting education research reveals benefits of active learning strategies in the classroom
Try these active learning strategies in your courses.
Use the Quick Access Toolbar to increase your efficiency in Excel
Try this tip and have your most-used functions right at your fingertips.
Help students succeed with online testing
Think about exams from the students’ point of view to anticipate possible issues.
Tough interview questions: ‘Who was your best and worst manager?’
Here are some tips on providing good responses when hiring managers ask for feedback on past bosses.
Managing perceptions as a public-sector accountant
This article discusses ways those in public-sector finance can handle public perceptions of spending on things like travel and overtime without compromising on the work they need to do.
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